Todd Wiley writes to us: We’re starting up a co-op hacker space in Lexington, KY. Were going to have a brief planning meeting this Thursday, 7PM, at Common Grounds (343 East High Street). I hope other area makers will come out and pitch in. I’ll likely be keeping information flowing on twitter.com/xtoddx. Common Grounds
On the second episode of Make: television I showed how to build an air cannon (Burrito Blaster) using PVC pipe and a sprinkler valve. The valve is electronically triggered, using three 9V batteries to activate a solenoid. But what’s actually going on inside to allow a tiny solenoid to hold back and then release a […]
ConsciousFlesh useless projects is a site for (mainly) retro-tech projects such as nixie tube clocks, Tesla coils, Jacob’s ladders, tabletop ballista, and steampunk casemods. Seen above are a Jacob’s ladder, a wood- and brass-cased thumbdrive, a wooden computer casemod with a vacuum tube power indicator, a USB switch with a nixie selection indicator, and a […]
In order to investigate the effectiveness of non-traditional heatsinks on the TO-220 component package, Warren tested out several approaches with pennies and even a paperclip. In a recent thread on Head-Fi, someone asked how well a paperclip would work for heat-sinking a TO-220 part. Much speculation ensued (much of it from your humble author), including […]
Holy moly! Check out these beautiful custom shelves Stephen and Shauna of Somethings Hiding in Here built for their loft apartment. You can see more photos of their super DIY-friendly abode on Rearranged Design.
Today is a big day for our nation, as we listened to the inaugural address, the call for makers, scientists, engineers and roll-up-your-sleeve values came across loud and clear… Politics aside, here’s to the the next 4 years everyone, let’s make it great, together. In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness […]
This installation by Magdalena Kohler and Hanna Wiesener called “Gelsomina” records your voice and knits the waveforms of the sound on a knitting machine controlled by 24 servos. I just got an electronic knitting machine and I can’t wait to dig in and hack together a computer connection for just this sort of project. Via […]
